Napa Cabbage Salad With Mirin Dressing Recipes

CHINESE NAPA CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Crush noodles, place them in a medium skillet and brown in butter over medium heat. Add almonds and sesame seeds. Stir often to prevent burning. Add seasoning mix from noodles and cool. Toss in a large bowl with cabbage and onions.
• Prepare the dressing by whisking together the vegetable oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar. Pour over salad, toss and serve.

JAPANESE-STYLE CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together sesame oil, vinegar, garlic, ginger, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Toss the cabbage, green onions, almonds, and sesame seeds in a large bowl with the dressing until well coated.

NAPA CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Finely shred the head of cabbage; do not chop. Combine the green onions and cabbage in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Make the crunchies: Melt the butter in a pot. Mix the ramen noodles, sesame seeds and almonds into the pot with the melted butter. Spoon the mixture onto a baking sheet and bake the crunchies in the preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven, turning often to make sure they do not burn. When they are browned remove them from the oven.
• Make the dressing: In a small saucepan, heat vinegar, oil, sugar, and soy sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, let boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from heat and let cool.
• Combine dressing, crunchies, and cabbage immediately before serving. Serve right away or the crunchies will get soggy.

NAPA CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Put the garlic in a large salad bowl and mix in all the remaining ingredients except the cabbage.
• Trim the cabbage, removing and discarding damaged or wilted leaves, and cut the head crosswise into 1-inch slices. You should have about 8 cups. Wash well and spin dry in a salad dryer (moisture would dilute the dressing). Ten or 15 minutes before serving, add the cabbage to the dressing, toss well and set aside, so the dressing can penetrate the cabbage and soften it slightly.

NAPA CABBAGE SALAD WITH MIRIN DRESSING

Steps:

• Place daikon and scallions in a large bowl filled with ice and water.
• Whisk together mirin, vinegar, oils, and a generous pinch of salt.
• Place cabbage in a large bowl, and toss with half of the dressing. Divide among 6 plates. Top with 3 slices each daikon and lotus root, a tofu cube, and a fanned out scallion half.
• Drizzle the remaining dressing.